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   perverse

   /pəˈvəːs/

   adjective

   • 1. showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable: "Kate's perverse decision not to cooperate held good" Similar awkwardcontrarydifficultunreasonableuncooperativeunhelpfulobstructivedisobligingunaccommodatingtroublesometiresomeannoyingvexatiousobstreperousdisobedientunmanageableuncontrollablerecalcitrantrefractoryrebelliouswilfulheadstrongself-willedcapriciouswaywardcross-grainedstubbornobstinateobduratepertinaciousmulishpig-headedbull-headedintractableintransigentinflexiblethrawninformal:cussedbloody-mindedbolshiestroppybalkyarchaic:frowardcontumaciousrare:contrariousOpposite accommodatingcooperative
   • 2. contrary to the accepted or expected standard or practice: "in two general elections the outcome was quite perverse" Similar illogicalirrationalunreasonablecontradictorywrongwrong-headedincorrectirregularinappropriateunorthodoxinformal:backasswardsOpposite reasonable
   • ▪ (of a verdict) against the weight of evidence or the direction of the judge on a point of law.
   • 3. sexually perverted: "an evil life dedicated to perverse pleasure" Similar perverteddepravedunnaturalabnormaldeviantdegenerateimmoralwarpedtwistedcorruptwickedbaseevilinformal:kinkysickpervysicko

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘turned away from what is right or good’): from Old French pervers(e), from Latin perversus ‘turned about’, from the verb pervertere (see pervert).

   Derivatives

   • 1. perverseness noun

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